Hinge.



A. LOWY.

HINGE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 23.1916.

1,289,489. Patented Dec. 31,1918. I

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HINGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 31, 1918.

Application filed June 23, 1916. Serial No. 105,329.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADoLPH LOWY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of borough of Bronx, in the county of Bronx, city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hinges, of which the following is a description in such full, clear, and exact terms as will enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to a combined hinge and reinforcement for suit cases and other packages particularly those formed of leather, cloth, fiber board or combinations thereof.

The object of the invention is to produce a very durable construction which will not only serve as a hinge but will also reinforce and strengthen the package and which may be made cheaply of sheet metal, in one integral part.

The invention has other objects and advantages all of which will fully appear in this specification and be particularly pointed out in the claims.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawing which represents the preferred construction of the invention and in which drawing- Figure 1 is a vertical section of part of the suit case showing the hinge in position, such section being on the line 11 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is an elevational view of the hinge and adjacent parts of the suit case.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the hinge by itself.

Fig. 4 is a view of the metal blank on which the hinge is formed,

The hinge is formed of a sheet of metal such as steel, stamped or died into a rectangular form as shown at a in Fig. 4 and furnished with a tongue I) one end of which is fast to the blank and the other end is free. Rivet holes a are also formed in the blank and the free end of the tongue I) has a rivet hole I). All of these operations may be performed by a single die as will be easily understood in the metal working art.

The blank form as in Fig. 4 is thus bent into the shape shown in Fig. 3, that is, the blank is bent on a transverse line so that it stands doubled and the two rivet holes a come opposite each other. The tongue I) is however turned down and also swaged outward at .the end which is joined to the blank a forming a pintle bearing 6 The hinge thus constructed is placed saddle-like over the upper edge of the body 0 of the suit case and a rivet 03 or other form of fastening is driven through the openings a and clenched as shown inFig. 1. This rivet also passes through the opening 79 of the tongue 5 said tongue being bent down between the two parts of the body a so that its opening 6 lies opposite the openings of the body a, a Hence the single rivet holds the device fast on the body 0 of the suit case and also fastens the otherwise free end of the tongue 72 making the bearing 79 very strong and secure.

A cover or top 6 of the suit case or other package is bound in the usual manner with a metal welt c and this is cut or stamped to form a hinged pintle e which is received within the bearing or eye 6 of the hinge. It should be understood that the tongue before being bent in the fashion shown in Fig. 2 is passed through the opening formed in the welt e and around the pintle e and is then turned down as described so that the rivet all may be engaged with it. This is a matter of manipulation in the shop. I This device may be constructed very economically and is far stronger than the cast hinge. The rivet d fastened through the opening 6 in the tongue 6 makes the eye 6 very secure and strong. Further the saddle-like body a dropping over the edge of the suit case or other package and snugly riveted thereto greatly strengthens the article.

I claim:

1. A hinge made of sheet metal bent into saddle shape and formed with a tongue struck up from the inside thereof, part of the tongue bent to produce a hinge eye and the end of the tongue projecting downward parallel with the limbs of the saddle, and means for fastening said saddle end portion of the tongue to a suit case body and a pintle on top of the suit case to be received in said eye for the purpose specified.

2. A hinge made of sheet metal bent into saddle shape and formed with a tongue struck up from the inside thereof, part of the tongue being bent to produce a hinge eye and the end of the tongue projecting downward parallel with the limbs of the saddle,

both of said limbs and said tongue being towardthe' ends of the limbs of the saddle,

provided with registering openings; and means for fastening said saddle end 3. A hinge made of sheet metal bent into portion of the tongue to a suit ease body. 10 saddle shape and formed with a tongue In testimony whereof I have hereunto 5 struck up from the inside thereof, part'of the: signed my name.

tongue being bent to produce a hinge eye and the end of the tongue projecting downward r "ADOLPH' LOWY;

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Iatents. Washington, D. 0. 

